Editing Cop Rock (section)

== Episodes ==
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 |EpisodeNumber   = 1
 |Title           = Pilot
 |DirectedBy      = [[Gregory Hoblit]]
 |WrittenBy       = [[Steven Bochco]] & [[William M. Finkelstein]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|9|26}}
 |ProdCode        = 2101
 |Viewers         = 14.3<ref>{{cite news|title=NIELSENS; NBC wins; CBS still surprises|date=October 3, 1990|first=Brian|last=Donlon|work=[[USA Today]]|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306363789}}}}</ref>
 |Aux4            = 10.3/19<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75007099/familiar-comedies-garner-peak-interest/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|title=Familiar comedies garner peak interest|page=36|date=October 3, 1990|newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403140010/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75007099/familiar-comedies-garner-peak-interest/|archive-date=April 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=October 17, 2021}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary    = An arrested gang in control of Los Angeles ("We Got the Power") is acquitted of all charges of drug distribution due to a lack of evidence. One of the gang's vehicles is pursued by the police. Drug dealer Tyrone Weeks flees the scene after shooting and killing a police officer, and the driver is arrested. After Weeks is captured in his home, an enraged Detective Vincent LaRusso executes him; fellow police officers tamper with the crime scene to make it appear LaRusso acted in self-defense. Meanwhile, Officer Vicki Quinn is unable to convince drug addict Patricia Spence to enter rehab. Spence later sells her baby daughter for $200 ("Sandman").{{hr}} Additional music: Detective Ralph Ruskin thinks of his wife ("She Chose Me"), Mayor Louise Plank accepts a bribe ("She's The One"), and a jury gives a verdict ("He's Guilty").{{hr}}All songs for this episode were written by [[Randy Newman]].
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 2
 |Title           = Ill-Gotten Gaines
 |DirectedBy      = Gregory Hoblit
 |WrittenBy       = Steven Bochco<br />William M. Finkelstein<br />[[John Romano (writer)|John Romano]] <!--Do not use "&" or "and" because they are not credited that way. Per [[MOS:TV]], we go by according to credits.-->
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|3}}
 |ProdCode        = 2102
 |Viewers         = 9.5<ref>{{cite news|title=NIELSENS; NBC tops in ratings, barely|date=October 10, 1990|first=Eugene|last=Sloan|work=[[USA Today]]|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306378149}}}}</ref>
 |Aux4            = 7.2/13<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75016163/playoffs-ground-out-in-first-three/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|title=Playoffs ground out in first three at-bats|page=76|first=Joan|last=Hanauer|date=October 11, 1990|newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403163728/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75016163/playoffs-ground-out-in-first-three/|archive-date=April 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=October 17, 2021}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary    = At the funeral of the police officer who was shot and killed, his cop partner Franklin Rose gives a eulogy ("How Much I Love You"). Unconvinced about the proposed events leading to Weeks' death, Captain John Hollander begins to interrogate LaRusso's colleagues. After Hollander meets with Quinn, she begins to question what she knows about her husband Ruskin ("If That Isn't Love"). Rose is given a new partner, Detective Joseph Gaines, and a burglary in a mansion is investigated ("Good Life" and "Lineup"), where LaRusso questions the housekeeper and finds the thief was her boyfriend. At home with his wife and son, Hollander talks about their family's financial state ("Gonna Be Alright").{{hr}} Songs for this episode collectively composed by [[Mike Post]], [[Stephen Geyer]], [[Amanda McBroom]], Donald Markowitz and Greg Edmonson.
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 |EpisodeNumber   = 3
 |Title           = Happy Mudder's Day
 |DirectedBy      = [[Charles Haid]]
 |WrittenBy       = Steven Bochco & William M. Finkelstein & John Romano
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|10}}
 |ProdCode        = 2103
 |Viewers         = 8.8<ref>{{cite news|title=NIELSENS; For CBS, baseball's a grounder|date=October 17, 1990|first=Brian|last=Donlon|work=[[USA Today]]|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306359921}}}}</ref>
 |Aux4            = 6.7/12<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75031279/bart-almost-won-in-head-to-head-combat/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|title=Bart almost won in head-to-head combat|page=51|first=Joan|last=Hanauer|date=October 18, 1990|newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403201543/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75031279/bart-almost-won-in-head-to-head-combat/|archive-date=April 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=October 17, 2021}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary    = As the investigation grows, Hollander questions Detective William Donald Potts, promising [[qualified immunity]] if he reveals what happened to Weeks; Potts agrees to talk. Rose and Gaines respond to a domestic violence call, where the latter shows he does not know how to deescalate the situation without Rose's help; they leave after the couple promises to stop fighting ("Nobody's Fault"). At night, LaRusso's girlfriend Nikki, a mud wrestler at a nightclub ("I Hate Love"), is held at gunpoint by a drug dealer who gives up after LaRusso shows no intention of negotiating to save Nikki. Plank gets plastic surgery to improve her chances in the upcoming election as a U.S. Senator ("Perfection"). As the day concludes ("Garbage In, Garbage Out"), Hollander tells LaRusso he is under arrest.{{hr}} Additional music: Chief Roger Kendrick remembers his early days, where he rides a horse through Los Angeles in a [[dream sequence]] ("Hear The Doggy").{{hr}} Songs for this episode collectively composed by Stephen Geyer, Amanda McBroom, Donald Markowitz, Brock Walsh, Greg Edmonson and Ronald Boustead.
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 |EpisodeNumber   = 4
 |Title           = A Three-Corpse Meal
 |DirectedBy      = [[Fred Gerber]]
 |WrittenBy       = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Steven Bochco & William M. Finkelstein & John Romano|t=William M. Finkelstein & [[Toni Graphia]] & John Romano}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|17}}
 |ProdCode        = 2104
 |Viewers         = 9.8<ref>{{cite news|title=NIELSENS; CBS slides easily into first place|date=October 24, 1990|first=Brian|last=Donlon|work=[[USA Today]]|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306386800}}}}</ref>
 |Aux4            = 7.2/12<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75040577/world-series-for-cbs-is-both-a-hit-and/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|title=World Series for CBS is both a hit and a miss|page=52|first=Deborah|last=Hastings|date=October 25, 1990|newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403221441/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75040577/world-series-for-cbs-is-both-a-hit-and/|archive-date=April 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=October 17, 2021}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary    = After being in custody for a few days, one of LaRusso's lawyers bails him out ("Can't Keep A Good Man Down"). Contemplating suicide after selling her baby, Spence asks Quinn for help at the police station, where Hollander orders for Spence to be arrested ("You Lied"). To recover the baby, Quinn and Officer Andy Campo go undercover to meet Glen, a [[Trafficking of children|child trafficker]] ("Baby Merchant"), who is later arrested alongside his also corrupt lawyer. In an interrogation, the pair ask for immunity after agreeing to tell the police the identities of several leaders controlling a child trafficking syndicate. They also tell Quinn the location of Spence's daughter, who is safely recovered and taken into foster care. Meanwhile, LaRusso begins a sexual relationship with the female lawyer who got him out of prison, Plank reveals herself post-surgery and begins a relationship with Kendrick ("Something Happened to Me"), and Ruskin starts exercising to avoid having a heart attack ("No Pain, No Gain").{{hr}} Songs for this episode collectively composed by Mike Post, Stephen Geyer, Brock Walsh, Amanda McBroom, and Donald Markowitz.
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 |EpisodeNumber   = 5
 |Title           = The Cocaine Mutiny
 |DirectedBy      = [[Arlene Sanford]]
 |WrittenBy       = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Steven Bochco & William M. Finkelstein|t=Steven Bochco & William M. Finkelstein & John Romano}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|24}}
 |ProdCode        = 2105
 |Viewers         = 9.6<ref>{{cite news|title=NIELSENS; CBS, no longer the long shot|date=October 31, 1990|first=Brian|last=Donlon|work=[[USA Today]]|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306392850}}}}</ref>
 |Aux4            = 7.3/13<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75042702/rushdie-takes-minute-to-give-cbs-a-boost/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|title=Rushdie takes minute to give CBS a boost|page=57|date=October 31, 1990|newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403224607/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75042702/rushdie-takes-minute-to-give-cbs-a-boost/|archive-date=April 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=October 17, 2021}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary    = Several people are arrested for buying drugs from an undercover cop ("Pursuit of Happiness"). One of them, a woman serving as an assistant for a city councilman, is left off with a warning. After being arrested again, she confesses that she had been buying drugs for the councilman, who is later arrested. Detective Bob McIntire helps a woman, Stacey Kane, fend off a stalker ("A Step Away") before beginning a relationship with her. The next day, the stalker is shot by Kane in McIntire's presence, who quickly figures out her ruse to murder the stalker without being arrested ("Beautiful Eyes"). Meanwhile, Spence is put on probation with supervised visits with her baby daughter ("More Than Enough").{{hr}} Additional music: A politician running for [[Governor of California]] tells an audience he needs more donations ("Campaign Song").
{{hr}} Songs for this episode collectively composed by Mike Post, Stephen Geyer, Brock Walsh, Donald Markowitz, Greg Edmonson, Kathleen Wilhoite and Jim Wilhoite.
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 |EpisodeNumber   = 6
 |Title           = Oil of Ol' Lay
 |DirectedBy      = [[Michael Fresco]]
 |WrittenBy       = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Steven Bochco & William M. Finkelstein & John Romano|t=Steven Bochco & William M. Finkelstein & Toni Graphia & John Romano}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|10|31}}
 |ProdCode        = 2106
 |Viewers         = 7.6<ref>{{cite news|title=NIELSENS; NBC wins with fewer viewers|date=November 7, 1990|first=Brian|last=Donlon|work=[[USA Today]]|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306372652}}}}</ref>
 |Aux4            = 5.8/11<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75042879/cbs-rises-from-ashes-to-compete-with-nbc/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|title=CBS rises from ashes to compete with NBC|page=48|first=Jay|last=Sharbutt|date=November 8, 1990|newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403224807/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75042879/cbs-rises-from-ashes-to-compete-with-nbc/|archive-date=April 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=October 17, 2021}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary    = Rose and Gaines help clear out a homeless encampment under a bridge ("Nowhere to Go, Nothing to Do"). The following day, Gaines decides to help a homeless man named Louis by buying him food at a diner and giving him money. After Louis shows symptoms of being mentally ill, Gaines gives up and leaves. Meanwhile, at an insurance company, Quinn and Campo are confronted by a senile man who shoots Quinn in the leg; Ruskin visits her at the hospital, where he learns her injury was merely a flesh wound. Soon after, Campo arrives and begins to sing to Quinn about his love for her ("Your Partner"), where Ruskin overhears them from outside the room and decides to murder Campo ("What am I Doing Here?"). While Kendrick is encouraged by his assistant Ozzy to begin a serious relationship with Plank ("How to Love a Woman"), LaRusso is told by his lawyers that his best option to avoid incarceration would be to make the public believe his actions towards Weeks as an "American hero" were justified ("No Problem").
{{hr}} Songs for this episode collectively composed by Stephen Geyer, Brock Walsh, and Amanda McBroom.
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 |EpisodeNumber   = 7
 |Title           = Cop-a-Feeliac
 |DirectedBy      = Arlene Sanford
 |WrittenBy       = Steven Bochco & William M. Finkelstein & John Romano & Michael Graham
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|11|7}}
 |ProdCode        = 2107
 |Viewers         = 7.7<ref>{{cite news|title=NIELSENS; 'Cheers' sweeps up for NBC|date=November 14, 1990|first=Brian|last=Donlon|work=[[USA Today]]|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306382672}}}}</ref>
 |Aux4            = 5.7/11<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75042976/200th-cheers-shows-rating-tops-this/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|title=200th 'Cheers' show's rating tops this season|page=72|first=Scott|last=Williams|date=November 15, 1990|newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403224948/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75042976/200th-cheers-shows-rating-tops-this/|archive-date=April 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=October 17, 2021}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary    = As the police force prepares for another day of work ("Let's Be Careful Out There"), multiple officers gossip about the person who gave the witness testimony against LaRusso ("What Kind Of World Do We Live In?"), unaware that it was Potts, who himself has been receiving threatening messages and [[Cross burning|burning crosses]] from an unknown perpetrator associated with the [[Ku Klux Klan|KKK]] ("Burning Crosses"). Meanwhile, Plank's assistant, Ray Rodbart, decides to resign after becoming worried that a journalist will write an article [[outing]] him as a [[homosexual]], as he fears it will hurt Plank's chances in the election. However, a supportive Plank refuses to let him quit and later blackmails the journalist to stop them from publishing the article. Quinn returns to work, where Ruskin's jealousy continues to grow. Gaines is asked questions about Week's death, where he assures himself that his actions were professional ("I'm OK"). Beginning to stalk Quinn and Campo, Ruskin sees the pair enter a hotel, unaware that they are investigating a crime, and confronts Quinn about his speculations. After his speech receives positive feedback from the public, LaRusso attends a gala ("Brenda and The Bus Monsters").{{hr}} Songs for this episode collectively composed by Mike Post and Stephen Geyer.
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 |EpisodeNumber   = 8
 |Title           = Potts Don't Fail Me Now
 |DirectedBy      = [[Brad Silberling]]
 |WrittenBy       = Steven Bochco & William M. Finkelstein & John Romano & Michael Graham
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|11|21}}
 |ProdCode        = 2108
 |Viewers         = 8.7<ref>{{cite news|title=NIELSENS; ABC's 'It' confirms competitors' fears|date=November 28, 1990|first=Brian|last=Donlon|work=[[USA Today]]|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306389941}}}}</ref>
 |Aux4            = 5.9/11<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75043086/abc-finishes-first-for-the-first-time/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|title=ABC finishes first for the first time this fall|page=60|date=November 28, 1990|newspaper=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403225127/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75043086/abc-finishes-first-for-the-first-time/|archive-date=April 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=October 17, 2021}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary    = While Quinn becomes annoyed with Ruskin's jealousy ("Why Can't A Man Be More Like a Woman"), Potts refuses a proposal to receive protection from a community of [[African-American Muslims]], and later decides against testifying at LaRusso's upcoming trial. As Rose investigates the shooting of a six-year-old child ("Why Lord"), Gaines listens to a detective's barely veiled racist remarks about Rose ("Black is Black"). The detective later asks Hollander to remove Rose from the case; Hollander angrily refuses as Rose and Gaines successfully arrest the suspects ("Anybody Can Die"). Kendrick is asked various questions about LaRusso's trial, where he answers with offensive comments seen as racist, sexist, [[homophobic]], and [[anti-semitic]]; Plank soon confronts him and Kendrick leaves. After Campo and Ruskin brawl at a bar, Quinn agrees to switch partners if she and Ruskin start going to [[couples' counseling]]. The following day, Potts is told to testify at the trial, despite the possible consequences, to "do the right thing".{{hr}} Additional music: Hollander misses his son's piano recital at school and later argues with his wife ("Find My Way Back Home").
{{hr}} Songs for this episode collectively composed by Mike Post, Stephen Geyer, and Brock Walsh.
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 |EpisodeNumber   = 9
 |Title           = Marital Blitz
 |DirectedBy      = Gilbert Shilton
 |WrittenBy       = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Steven Bochco & William M. Finkelstein & John Romano|t=Steven Bochco & William M. Finkelstein & Toni Graphia & John Romano}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|12|5}}
 |ProdCode        = 2109
 |Viewers         = 6.5<ref name="1.09">{{cite news|title=NIELSENS; ABC wins a sub-par week|date=December 12, 1990|first=Brian|last=Donlon|work=[[USA Today]]|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306398832}}}}</ref>
 |Aux4            = 4.9/9<ref name="1.09" />
 |ShortSummary    = After several police officers, including Quinn and Campo, are awarded the [[Los Angeles Police Medal of Valor]] ("Heroes All"), interviewers get Kendrick to say he believes LaRusso is innocent. Quinn later tells Campo that she has asked for a new partner and Campo shows his understanding of her decision; Campo later meets his new partner, a dull Officer Petrovich, while Quinn is paired with a rude and sexist Officer Stillman. While LaRusso's trial begins ("For the Record"), Plank decides to get back together with Kendrick on his birthday, who happily agrees. While working, Petrovich reveals her intimate feelings for Campo and kisses him ("Bumpty, Bumpty"). Soon after, Campo reports Petrovich's actions to Hollander, who dismisses the claims, and Stillman argues about being assigned to a female partner. After receiving more complaints, Hollander becomes annoyed and tells the entire police force to stop ("Quit Your Bitchin'"). At the trial, Potts tells the jury that LaRusso executed Weeks and that he wanted to tell the truth to make his family proud.{{hr}} Songs for this episode collectively composed by Mike Post, Stephen Geyer, and Brock Walsh.
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 |EpisodeNumber   = 10
 |Title           = No Noose Is Good Noose
 |DirectedBy      = [[Michael M. Robin]]
 |WrittenBy       = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Steven Bochco & William M. Finkelstein & John Romano|t=Steven Bochco & William M. Finkelstein & Toni Graphia & John Romano}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|12|12}}
 |ProdCode        = 2110
 |Viewers         = 6.9<ref name="1.10">{{cite news|title=NIELSENS; St. Nick can't lick TV lull|date=December 19, 1990|first=Brian|last=Donlon|work=[[USA Today]]|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306371476}}}}</ref>
 |Aux4            = 5.1/10<ref name="1.10" />
 |ShortSummary    = Several police officers hold a birthday party for LaRusso and present him to a stripper ("To Live and Die a Cop"). At the police station, Campo is introduced to his new partner, Officer Jessica Wolf. In couples' counseling, Quinn reveals to Ruskin that she has intimate feelings for Campo; Ruskin leaves after threatening [[domestic assault]] and later tells Quinn that he wants a divorce. While multiple female officers go undercover as prostitutes ("Choose Me" and "Tenderness"), Kendrick begins suffering from hallucinations in which he is hanged for his offensive comments ("Your Number's Up"). At LaRusso's trial, the jury finds him [[Acquittal|not guilty]] ("Reasonable Doubt").{{hr}} Songs for this episode collectively composed by Stephen Geyer and Brock Walsh.
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 |EpisodeNumber   = 11
 |Title           = Bang the Potts Slowly
 |DirectedBy      = Fred Gerber
 |WrittenBy       = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Steven Bochco & William M. Finkelstein & John Romano|t=William M. Finkelstein & Toni Graphia & John Romano}}
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1990|12|26}}
 |ProdCode        = 2111
 |Viewers         = 7.9<ref>{{cite news|title=NIELSENS; NBC wins as networks end 1990 on a low note|date=January 3, 1991|first=Brian|last=Donlon|work=[[USA Today]]|page=3D|id={{ProQuest|306388476}}}}</ref>
 |Aux4            = 5.6/11<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75043495/60-minutes-no1-viewers-opt-out/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|title='60 Minutes' No.1; Viewers Opt Out|page=247|first=Rick|last=Du Brow|date=January 3, 1991|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403225743/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/75043495/60-minutes-no1-viewers-opt-out/|archive-date=April 3, 2021|url-status=live|access-date=October 17, 2021}}</ref>
 |ShortSummary    = As LaRusso rejoins the police force ("Ties That Bind"), Potts is told that he can move to a different division. An investigation is initiated after multiple college students report being sexually assaulted and raped by an unknown assailant ("I Got Somethin' For You"). After receiving a warrant for one of the suspects, Donald Bruckner, the police investigate his home. However, Stillman decides to violate the warrant by entering the house, where he finds evidence of Bruckner being the rapist. McIntire confronts Stillman for committing an illegal search, meaning the evidence cannot be used due to the [[exclusionary rule]]. Soon after, Rose and Gaines arrest Bruckner [[arrest without warrant|without warrant]], where a rape victim at the police station declares Bruckner was the assailant who raped her; Hollander calls Stillman a "bad cop" as LaRusso overhears. Meanwhile, Quinn moves out of Ruskin's house ("How Do You Say Goodbye"), Plank begins making television advertisements for her political campaign ("Clean it Up"), and LaRusso is given a proposal to have a producer create a film surrounding his case. As the final number, the cast appear out of character to sing a farewell to their audience ("We'll Ride Again").{{hr}} Songs for this episode collectively composed by Stephen Geyer and Brock Walsh.
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